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*I think that 1993 Menghai 7542 of which I bought only 5 gram was the most expensive per gram tea: £4.10. (making it £0,82/gram or $1,31/gram or €1,01/gram) The package is still closed. Ordered it as an extra with another order from The Essence of Tea. They have more expensive ones…

A lot Pu Ehr is expensive because it is hyped as an investment. Cakes can go for hundreds and maybe even thousands of dollars per gram. This has nothing to do with the quality of the tea. These teas are not bought for drinking, but for storing and reselling.

Might be useful to give out a more visible warning though. Or a private message/email to all bloggers to make sure they all know what to do. In @lazyliteratus case I had to remove it from spam and then approve it. Time will tell whether this will improve over time.

We have a coffeebreak ~1030. I’m usually not the only one with tea or hot chocolate.
Further of course the bonding during the wait for the electric kettle to boil, often for more people at the same time, while others get something that looks/smells/taste like coffee from the machne.
And of course drinking tea during meetings.
But then I live in a country where tea is normal.

Commercial?
Availability?
Number of varieties?
Amount of tea produced or sold? (Darjeeling is very good at that)
Best known? In the West, East?
Taste?
Smell?
Qi?
Money?
Bringing people together?
Best ceremony?
Best for breakfast, lunch, diner, sleep, …?
Best with Salmon, Beef, popcorn…?
Best for me, you, someone totally different?
Best for the environment?
Best for the producing people?
Best for the drinker?
… etc etc etc

At the moment I would say China, because they score high on almost all these points. But if we focus on a single point other countries might be better.